External speakers not listed in sound output list

sierra... 10.12.2 killed my JBL.... xtreme... does not show up in Sound system preferences anymore. bluetooth says "connected" ha.....

iphone works fine.... purge ram did not help... will someone from the mac support take this seriously please.

Had the same problem with an AKG bluetooth headphone.

1)Removed the audio device in bluetooth preferences

2) shut down the Mac

3) 2x in a row PRAM reset

3)Paired the bluetooth device again

4) Audio device again visible in OUTPUT devices in sound preference , Audio OK now

This worked for me...

I found this solution:

Install your operating system (Yosemite/El Capitan) on an external drive so you can find all the system files related to audio by using EasyFind, which is a great search utility for Mac. Compare them to your existing system for any file size mismatches, and then replace the offending file(s).

In this particular example the offending file was found in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL and was most likely "BluetoothAudioPlugin.driver" (duh), but in any case all the files in this folder can be replaced with the system defaults. Best of luck.

I had the same problem with my Bose Soundlink Mini II, paired, but no audio.

I solved it by remove the device in Bluetooth Preferences, and then pair it again. The device connects and it shows as an output device.

I have a Macbook Pro and Yosemite OS: My JBL external speaker would not show under Sound. The solution I found was to:

1. Delete the JBL speaker listed under Bluetooth

2. Turn the JBL speaker off, then on

3. Pair the JBL with my Mac. It pops back up under Bluetooth and Sound

Not sure it's the same situation as you were experiencing but had a similar thing happened to me with Bose QC35 on Mac 10.12.5. One day, the Bluetooth headphones just stopped showing in the Sound Output list. It's still showing as connected in Bluetooth devices.

Then I realised that it just switches to them automatically when connected, without having to adjust the sound output anymore. Just like with a set of cable connected headphones. You just need to leave Internal Speakers selected.

Guys who struggling with JBL Xtreme, the solution is already there

Re: JBL Xtreme bluetooth cannot work with macbook pro

A Bluetooth device can only pair with a certain number of hosts at a time, usually one or two. You seem to be trying to pair it with three.

Do you have any other Bluetooth devices, and do they work?

Anyone found a resolution? From today both my bluetooth speakers stopped working with the mac. Exactly the same configuration - connected, but missing in the Output preferences.

OS is 10.11.5 (latest), on MacPro 2015

Speakers are UE Boombox and Harman Kardon Esquire Mini. They worked just until yesterday. No changes on the laptop done, nothing - no new programs, no updates, same network. It just went sleep yesterday and today the harman doesn't work. I use it as speakerphone daily.

Both speakers work on my iPhone, so they are ok. I connect them only to one device of course (either mac only or to the phone).

I tried several restarts, tried deleting the bluetooth preferences files.

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BUT - on top of that - I found while testing that the AirPlay Audio stopped working as well - I can mirror the display, but sound is still on the mac.

The AirPlay IS indeed listed in the sound preferences, but I cannot choose it - clicking doesn't do anything. I haven't used it though for few weeks, so cannot say if it's connected to the bluetooth problem or separate.

It seems like the sound is stuck on the internal speakers/headphones (the headphone jack works)

Finally found a topic talking about the problem I seem to be having (since about the same date the op created the topic) but no answers yet.

I have a Fugoo speaker and a 66+ Audio headphone. Both worked flawlessly with all my devices. Out of the blue, none of them work with my Macbook Pro anymore. 13" inch Late 2009 running El Capitan.

Someone pleeeease!!

This morning I installed 10.11.6 and while yesterday I confirmed my speakers still weren't working, this morning the Harman speakerphone works!

I will monitor it for the next days and will try other speakers, but so far I've done a long conference call with no issues.

Weirdly, for some reason I insisted on trying to connect the speaker again through bluetooth (after having used it connected through a P2 stereo cable) and it worked great! Don't remember if I had a system update inbetween, but I probably have.